Good Fellow Club Youth Camp

United States historic place


Good Fellow Club Youth Camp
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Good Fellow Club Youth Camp buildings, November 2013
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Location	303 Franklin St., Porter, Indiana
Coordinates	41°37′36″N 87°6′2″W / 41.62667°N 87.10056°W / 41.62667; -87.10056
Area	63 acres (25 ha)
Built	1941 (1941)-1976
Architect	Gaydos, Frank, Krane, Frank; Wanthal, Alvin
Architectural style	Adirondack rustic
NRHP reference No.	13000593
Added to NRHP	August 8, 2013

Good Fellow Club Youth Camp is a historic summer camp and a national historic district located at Porter, Porter County, Indiana. The district encompasses nine contributing buildings, seven contributing structures, and one contributing site built by U.S. Steel for its employees' children. The contributing resources include the camp site with roadways and foundations of removed buildings, administration building (lodge, 1941), gate house and flagstone wall (1946), caretaker's house and garage (1941), pool house (1946), steel footbridge, steel swimming pool (1946), riflery (c. 1951), and tennis courts (1946). The buildings reflect the Adirondack rustic and American Craftsman architectural styles. The camp remained in operation until 1976, and is now part of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

References

^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/05/13 through 8/09/13. National Park Service. August 16, 2013.
"Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved June 1, 2016. Note: This includes Janice Slupski; Jane J. Jacobs; Laura L. Knott (July 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Good Fellow Club Youth Camp" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.

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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Indiana Dunes National Park

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